It is a very good practice to put big rocks in place. In fact, what else could work better – living life by priorities is the ideal situation. This would mean saying a strong ‘NO’ to any firefighting and just focus on Quadrant 2 or PC or Production capability building activities like taking care of health, nurturing relationships etc..
Now, let’s leave the dream aside and focus on the reality..
Reality is fraught with crises and while you do get better at focusing energy on Quad 2 activities from time to time, for those who thrive under pressure, positive pressure works well as well.
This weekend, for example, there is an obvious big rock. However, before being able to attack the big rock – all I have been doing since yesterday is clearing all the small rocks.. these are those small miniscule tasks that take up bandwidth..
While it may not be the right thing to do, I guess what I am not equipped with yet is the mental discipline to shut them off and just focus on the big thing. At the moment, the way I look at it is that only after clearing the small rocks will I be able to fully focus on the big rocks.
It’s akin to – Cleaning the room and dusting the study table before starting to study for exams (for those who do it…)
It feels like mental preparation..
and generally happens with big rocks I am not SO keen on working on..
Not sure if it is the right thing.. hence, the ‘dilemma’ word. Interesting observation though..
A Learning a Day 